Monday, April 11, 2005

At the intersection of folk and jazz, just a block over from torch, there's an intimate little place where Over the Rhine has recorded their new album Drunkard's Prayer. It's musically and emotionally rich album filled with love songs for adults. The type of material that should come with a warning, instead of the juvenile stuff that normally does. Love, laughter, longing and tears given life by the sweet, lush, emotive voice of Karin Bergquist.

This album comes out of the near collapse and resurrection of the love between Karin and her band mate and husband Linford. See the liner notes. It's an honest expression of struggle and love, not an abstract emotional manipulation. From Born

Pour me a glass of wineTalk deep into the nightWho knows what we'll find

I brought the album home from Atlanta, and Kim has claimed it as her own. There are few albums that we both like so being able to cuddle up and listen to a mature romantic album that we enjoy together is a real treat.